Pipe-hanger



(No Model.) V

B. G. MINNEMEYBR.

PIPB HANGBR.

No. 512,257. Patented Jan. 2, 1894.

UN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD G. MINNEMEYER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

PlPE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formi.ng part of Letters Patent No. 512,257, dated January 2, 1894.

Application filed February 13, 1893. Serial No. 462,218. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L EDWARD G. MINNE- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residin g at Peoria,in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pipe hangrs by means of which a hanger is provided being simple in construction, durable and cheap in first cost.

More particularly my invention relates to a p1pe hanger adapted generally for attachment to long stretches of pipe whether st0ve pipe, steam pipe or other pipes requiring a fi rm support and may be adapted to any part1cular application in connection With pipes that may be desired, the construction and formation of the said hanger being such that any length of reach maybe made a part thereof, and it may be made in sizes to suit any application that may be desired.

My invention consists essentially of a semic1rcular piece of iron or other suitable material formed with curved arms and oppositely raised edges, the perforated stem and adjust able bar designed to be carried in the perfo rated stem and of a securing wire designed to be carried around the outer surface of the semi circular piece or inclosing arms, and around the pipe with which the hanger is connected and to be twisted together or rather the ends thereof to draw the hanger and pipe in close contact each with the other to hold the same in firm adj ustment.

That my invention may be more fully undestood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1' is a front view showing the hanger attached. Fig. 2 is a top view showing the hanger attached to a pipe.

In the figures, F represents a pipe to which the hanger is attached.

A, A are the respective arms of the circular piece.

B, is the perforated stem.

C is a small screw carried in the stem.

D is a diagonal opening between the two raised edges of the inclosing arms immed1- ately below .the stem B, and permits the passage through of the wire.

E, is a bar carried in the perforation in the stem B and is designed for a reach and is secured within the said stem by means of the screw C.

L', 'L' are cars upon the respective extremities of the arms A, A and in opposite adjustment thereon to the said raised edges, and are purposed to assist in connection with the said raised edges in the holding of the wire in proper place to prevent its slipping off from the arm.

H is the wire, the ends thereof being designed t0 be twisted together as at Gr.

The application of the device is simple and apparent. The size of the hanger or the circular piece thereof consisting of the arms being such as to conform with the size of the pipe desired to be secured, it is placed over the same in manner shown and the wire H is passed around and over the outer surface of the semi-circular piece, and over and around the pipe in the manner shown and the ends there- 0f are twisted together to draw the pipe and circular piece in close contact to securely hold the same to prevent its turning or slipping; the desired length of reach being provided and attached to a support, as forinstance the ceiling of a room, the depending end thereof is inserted Within the perforation in the stem B, and the screw C is screwed against the same to firmly hold the parts together. A still further and probably more practical means of application would be to unite the circular piece and the stem and before attachiug the hanger to the pipe by the aid of the circular piece or a hold upon the arms thereof, the same may be screwed firmly in position, thus using the arms or the circular piece as a sort of a wrench; and after the hanger or hangers have been so secured, the pipe may be adjnsted and secured in manner previously described.

The advantages possessed in the use of my hanger are apparent as it will readily be seen that a firm adj ustment may be had, which is very much to be desired in pipe supports. The common expedient adopted to secure pipes in position is to wrap them with wire and attach the extremities thereof to nailsor hooks which is both unsightly and unsafe, as it is impssible to so wrap the wires upon the pipe as to prevent either the whole stretch of pipe from slipping therein or the respective joints thereof from becoming separated because 0f jars, expansion or contraction, or

other causes, whilejin the use of this hanger it Will be seen that it is possible to attach the hanger to the pipe secure] y and the rigidity of the support will prevent any movement in- I do not think that it could be construed to anticipate this my present invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a pipe hanger, the combination, of the threaded reach E, the semi circular piece formed with the arms A, Athe oppositely adjsted raised edges, the ears 'L', 75 and the perforated stem B, provided with set screw C and the wire H carried around the said semicircular piece upon the Outer surface thereof and between the respective raised edges and 'ears and around the pipe and the ends thereof twisted together as shown to draw the said pipe and semi-circular piece in close contact and firm adjustment, all substautially a s described and set f0rth.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD G. MINNEMEYER. Witnesses:

J OSIE TEEFT. 

